A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CiviCRM. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument _value with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in CRM/Core/Page/AJAX/Location.php in CiviCRM before 4.2.12, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 4.4.x before 4.4.beta4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the _value parameter to (1) ajax/jqState or (2) ajax/jqcounty.

The weakness was presented 11/27/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5957 since 09/27/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 4.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• CiviCRM

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• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.4

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